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Envy, poison, and death : women on trial in classical Athens /

At the heart of this volume are three trials held in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The defendants were all women and in each case the charges involved a combination of ritual activities. Two were condemned to death. Because of the brevity of the ancient sources, and their lack of agreement, the...

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Main Author: Eidinow, Esther, 1970- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Courts > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Female offenders > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Law, Greek.
Ritual > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Women > Religious life > Greece > Athens > History > To 1500.
Athens (Greece) > Civilization.
Athens (Greece) > Politics and government > To 1500.
Droit grec.
Civilization
Courts
Female offenders
Law, Greek
Politics and government
Ritual
Women > Religious life
Greece > Athens
LAW > Essays.
LAW > General Practice.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Paralegals & Paralegalism.
LAW > Practical Guides.
LAW > Reference.
To 1500
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